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Crafting estimate at current listings

At current lowest listed prices the reagents cost more than the crafted item lists for: an estimated loss of 21 gold86 silver per craft.

Reagent cost (lowest listed)
30 gold30 silver
Crafted item, lowest listed price
8 gold88 silver
Auction House cut (5%)
44 silver40 copper
Estimated profit at that listed price
−21 gold86 silver (-72%)
  • Evidence: 16 current listings holding 2,739 units of the crafted item in the US region. We see listings, not sales, so how many sell and at what price is unknown.
Verified priceAuction HouseUS region

Cost per reagent

ReagentQtyEachCostShare
Draconium Ore
Metal & Stone · 2,426 on the Auction House
56 gold6 silver30 gold30 silver100%
Total per craft30 gold30 silver100%

About Refine Draconium |A:Professions-ChatIcon-Quality-Tier3:20:20|a

One craft takes 5 Draconium Ore. Draconium Ore is itself a reagent in 46 other recipes (Blacksmithing, Engineering, Cooking and Inscription).

Recipe category
Refinement (Dragon Isles Mining)

Draconium Ore tooltip

Draconium Ore
Item Level 60
Trade Goods
“Gathered by players with the Mining skill. Can be bought and sold on the auction house.”
Sell price: 10s

Where the reagents come from

Draconium Ore. Made with Refine Draconium |A:Professions-ChatIcon-Quality-Tier2:20:20|a (Mining, Dragon Isles Mining) from 5 Draconium Ore. At lowest listed prices that makes one Draconium Ore for 26 gold10 silver, against 6 gold6 silver listed. Rewarded by the quests Artisan's Supply: Draconium Sickle and Artisan's Supply: Quality-Assured Optics. Lowest listed price by quality rank: rank 1 5 gold22 silver, rank 2 6 gold6 silver and rank 3 8 gold88 silver. Also a required reagent in 46 other recipes (29 Blacksmithing, 10 Engineering, 2 Inscription and 2 Cooking); Alchemist's Brilliant Mixing Rod takes the most, 30 per craft.

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Reading these numbers

At current lowest listed prices the 1 reagent for one craft of Refine Draconium |A:Professions-ChatIcon-Quality-Tier3:20:20|a cost 30 gold30 silver.

Break-even is 31 gold89 silver - below that listed price the craft loses gold once Blizzard’s 5% cut is taken. The crafted item’s lowest listed price is 8 gold88 silver, which does not clear it.

The crafted item currently lists for less than its reagents cost: −21 gold42 silver before fees, and the Auction House would still take 44 silver40 copper of a sale, so a craft loses 21 gold86 silver at these prices. At current listings, buying the crafted item costs less than making it. That is an estimated -72.2% return on the gold you put into reagents.

Listing depth right now: 2,739 units across 16 auctions region-wide. Depth separates a market price from a single asking figure, but listings are not sales, so read it alongside the estimate.

Other recipes that use Draconium Ore

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